Peace Form One - New York, NY
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N 40° 44.968 W 073° 58.175
18T E 586987 N 4511456
The Peace Form One Sculpture, a memorial to Ralph Johnson Bunche, is located in a park that is named after him in Manhattan.
Waymark Code: WMD00D
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2011
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Ralph Bunche Park is located on the west side of First Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Street. One the north end of the park there is a 50' by 5' by 3' elongated stainless steel wedge on a pentagonal 10' by 20" base, that is designed to rotate 360 degree, entitled Peace Form One. It was created by a friend of Ralph Bunche, sculptor Daniel LaRue Johnson, Lippincott, Inc., was the fabricator and the area was designed by the architectural firm of Haines, Lundberg & Waehler. The sculpture was dedicated on September 15, 1980.
In the sidewalk below the sculpture is the inscription:
PEACE FORM ONE
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"PEACE TO HAVE MEANING FOR
MANY WHO HAVE KNOWN ONLY SUFFEING
IN BOTH PEACE AND WAR
MUST BE TRANSLATED INTO BREAD OR RICE,
SHELTER, HEALTH AND EDUCATION,
AS WELL AS FREEDOM AND HUMAN DIGNITY."
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NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LECTURE, 1950
RALPH JOHNSON BUNCHE
UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL FOR
SPECIAL POLITICAL AFFAIRS
THE UNITED NATIONS
1904-1971
DANIEL LARUE JOHNSON, ARTIST
Ralph Johnson Bunche (1904-1971) was an American diplomat, educator, political scientist, and United Nations mediator. He was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950. He was the first African-American to receive this award.